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TexasBushwhacker

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5. Another reason to love Jon
Fri May 29, 2015, 01:05 PM
May 2015
http://www.newsweek.com/jon-stewart-has-been-helping-veterans-break-tv-three-years-335515

Jon Stewart is running a boot camp intended to help war veterans break into the television industry. In fact, he has been running this program with some degree of secrecy for three years, according to a New York Times interview with the long-time host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.

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"You get into the television industry generally by going to certain colleges known for having good television programs, getting internships and getting to know people who work in the industry," Stewart told the Times. "A lot of veterans never had that opportunity because they were busy at war. This is a way to give them that chance.”

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